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| CHINATOWN (2008) for yangqin, pipa, percussion, saxophone quartet 中國城 (2008) 為揚琴、琵琶 、擊樂及薩克斯風四重奏 |
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DURATION: 7 minutes
ANTIPHONY
RADIO BROADCAST 電台廣播: JANUARY 28, 2012 / 2012年1月28日
PREMIERE PERFORMANCE 首演: FEBRUARY 27, 2009 / 2009年2月27日
Chinatown (2008) is written for PRISM Saxophone Quartet and Music From China. The inspiration comes from my many visits to Chinatowns in the United States. The first movement, Strangers, describes a westerner walking into a Chinatown and finding himself lost, surrounded by all kinds of signs and sounds in foreign languages. Footprints, a nostalgic movement, is a portrait of an old Chinese woman, who has been living within these blocks for a half century. Sitting at sunset, she remembers how she has survived these years in the States. Festival is a celebration of the encounter of different cultures, where the motifs in the previous movements combine. 中國城 (2008) –寫給PRISM薩克斯風四重奏及Music From China,靈感來自多次造訪美國各地的中國城。第一樂章 “陌生人” 描述一個西方人走進中國城,卻發現自己迷失在周遭無法理解的聲音與文字中。第二樂章 “足跡” 有著思鄉的情懷,敘述一個在這幾條街上已住上半世紀的中國老婦人,在夕陽下懷想這些年的歲月。“喜慶” 是個慶賀多重文化衝擊及融合的樂章,在此,於前兩樂章中的主題同時重現。
MARCH 1, 2009 / 2009年3月1日
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